diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/perf-binutils-path.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/perf-binutils-path.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d20f2296ea3..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/perf-binutils-path.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff -ru -x '*~' linux-4.9.31-orig/tools/perf/util/annotate.c linux-4.9.31/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
---- linux-4.9.31-orig/tools/perf/util/annotate.c	2017-06-07 12:08:04.000000000 +0200
-+++ linux-4.9.31/tools/perf/util/annotate.c	2017-06-12 13:10:08.811079574 +0200
-@@ -1350,7 +1350,7 @@
- 		 "%s %s%s --start-address=0x%016" PRIx64
- 		 " --stop-address=0x%016" PRIx64
- 		 " -l -d %s %s -C %s 2>/dev/null|grep -v %s|expand",
--		 objdump_path ? objdump_path : "objdump",
-+		 objdump_path ? objdump_path : OBJDUMP_PATH,
- 		 disassembler_style ? "-M " : "",
- 		 disassembler_style ? disassembler_style : "",
- 		 map__rip_2objdump(map, sym->start),
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/perf.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/perf.nix
index 3fbad924568..b6f1f7d9f8a 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/perf.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/perf.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, kernel, elfutils, python, perl, newt, slang, asciidoc, xmlto
+{ lib, stdenv, kernel, elfutils, python, perl, newt, slang, asciidoc, xmlto, makeWrapper
 , docbook_xsl, docbook_xml_dtd_45, libxslt, flex, bison, pkgconfig, libunwind, binutils
 , libiberty, libaudit
 , zlib, withGtk ? false, gtk2 ? null }:
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   inherit (kernel) src;
 
-  patches = kernel.patches ++ [ ./perf-binutils-path.patch ];
-
   preConfigure = ''
     cd tools/perf
     sed -i s,/usr/include/elfutils,$elfutils/include/elfutils, Makefile
@@ -26,7 +24,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   # perf refers both to newt and slang
   # binutils is required for libbfd.
   nativeBuildInputs = [ asciidoc xmlto docbook_xsl docbook_xml_dtd_45 libxslt
-      flex bison libiberty libaudit ];
+      flex bison libiberty libaudit makeWrapper ];
   buildInputs = [ elfutils python perl newt slang pkgconfig libunwind binutils zlib ] ++
     stdenv.lib.optional withGtk gtk2;
 
@@ -45,6 +43,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   installFlags = "install install-man ASCIIDOC8=1";
 
+  preFixup = ''
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/perf \
+      --prefix PATH : "${binutils}/bin"
+  '';
+
   crossAttrs = {
     /* I don't want cross-python or cross-perl -
        I don't know if cross-python even works */